Physics
Scientific paper
May 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...103.9405t&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A5, p. 9405-9416
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Airglow And Aurora
Scientific paper
High-resolution television observations by the University of Calgary portable auroral imager of the small-scale spatially periodic distortions of auroral forms known as ``curls'' are presented. During winter 1995 and 1997 field trips to Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, a large amount of video data containing auroral curls was acquired. Analysis of this data set has led to much improved insight into the properties of these features. Observed spatial and temporal characteristics are presented, with results compared to those of earlier surveys wherever applicable. Striking parallels between the characteristics of these ~1 km scale size curls and the characteristics of the ~100 km scale size auroral ``spirals'' observed by the Freja UV imager are pointed out and discussed in terms of shear-driven instabilities. In addition, observations of the interesting new phenomena of ``auroral kinks'' and ``spinning auroral patches'' are briefly described.
Cogger Leroy L.
Trondsen Trond S.
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